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Two games of The Barons’ War at last Saturday’s NWA meeting. One Vikings v Normans using the Conquest supplement and then the Vikings fought an English force using the standard rules. So this post contains my random thoughts, rambling and report from the first battle with some comments on the second. I got the Conquest supplement…
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August has passed us by, and our biggest collective effort as a club has been successfully completed. Games Day ’23 was a great day, and we’ll wax more on that below, but I want to express my appreciation to everyone in the club who helped with the organisation, put on a game, or just turned…
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El Presidente is currently indisposed wearing a white hat amongst a sea of green with blue and white flags. So his trusty sidekick the humble note taker is summarising the news from the front. July was a busy month at both venues in the club with good turnouts and a wide variety of games being…
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Alas dear members, news from the front has been scant and sketchy these past few months. Despite the onset of winter weather, horses throwing a shoe and their riders and highwaymen waylaying the mail coaches on the way, the despatches have just got through and it is now time to report. Both venues have been…
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Medieval May May is themed this year: Ancients and Medieval May. We strongly encourage members to pull out their sword and spear armies that may have been gathering dust and get them onto the tabletop. Whether it’s SAGA, Billhooks, Hail Caesar, or Art d’la Guerre (ADLG), it doesn’t matter. For people who don’t have anything…
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Step by step process of making rocky ground for Saga Find rocks which have large flat surfaces that look dramatic but can have figures stand on them without toppling. Cut out MDF board to fit within 20x20cm square. Sand edges to a nice bevelled slope, e.g. about half the thickness of the board. Glue…
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Can you make durable wargaming terrain using lots of free stuff? Of course you can, but can I develop a mass produced version so that we can make a bucket load of hills in time for Victory or Valhalla. This is what I have managed to produce so far. Fig 9. First coat of blended…
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More Saga suitable terrain pieces Around 25 years ago I splurged out on a whole village worth of Armorcast buildings including some ruins. The ruins had been sitting in the “too be completed one day” tub, when that day came around and I decided to whip them into Saga ruins. I personally think that the…
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Spending time away from painting figures to build terrain. I have playing around with building some basic terrain pieces for Saga. Sometimes I need a break from painting miniatures and I have always found building terrain enjoyable. I am also one of the organisers of Victory or Valhalla, which Melbourne’s largest Saga tournament. For…
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So you’ve made the step and decided to paint that Armoured Fighting Vehicle (or group of said vehicles). It is important to follow a number of simple steps. These will ensure you will have a successful and accurate conclusion to the work you have done, making your model. Compiled and updated by Stephen White from…
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Time to paint the terrain modules after the coating had dried. The modules were all painted in acrylic paints. The black was a 4 litre tin of liquid acrylic matt black (whatever brand was cheapest) bought from a hardware store. The paints used for touching up of black and any other colours were the range…
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The mountains behind Isengard provide a magnificent backdrop to the great Tower of Orthanc and the battles that occur there when the Ents march to their great battle with Saruman the Wizard. The mountain backdrop to Isengard was made out of a chunk of polystyrene foam. I used a hot wire cutter to create the general…
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